Measure. Access commands for measurement and calibration. You

can measure lines, polygons, circles, and rectangles, use the measure count feature, and access the measurement settings dialog.

Measurement Properties. Depending on the measurement tool selected from the menu (line, polyline, polygon, rectangle, circle, or count), various properties display for that measurement, including:

Distance              Angle                  X,Y Coordinates    

Height                Area (rectangle)

 

Count

Clear All  and Undo Last . Clears all or only the last count marker placed on an image.

You can select the Snap check box if you would like your measurement points to snap to the nearest picking point or to the midpoint of segments and circles. Note that only CAD type formats support snap. The setting has no effect on raster images and text documents.

Measure Takeoff mode includes these additional options;

If Show Leader is selected in the tool properties, a text box (with category color border) will display each individual measurement result on the entities you place.

The Negative Area check box of the tool properties allows you to place a negative entity for that category. If the check box is selected, any entity you place on the drawing will subtract from the accumulated results. The measurement entities text box displays a negative number if Show Leader is selected.

Measure Takeoff

To access the Measure Takeoff panel, click  or from the

Measure button dropdown , select Takeoff. The Takeoff button now displays in its place.

You can create categories of different types (length, area, and count) and accumulate total measurement values for each category defined. Select New to define a new category through the Takeoff Category dialog. You can Edit or Delete a selected category if you are the author.

You can assign a different color  for each category and the measurements placed on the document will display with that color.

The list of categories can be sorted by name (click Category in the top column). Click the ascending/descending arrow to arrange the list accordingly.

Once the categories are defined, highlight a category and use the available (dependent on type) measurement tools to place multiple measurements on the document. As you place each measurement entity, accumulated totals display in their respective takeoff panel category.

Takeoff information can be Exported to a file or to the Clipboard through the Takeoff Export dialog.

To hide a category, click the hide icon to toggle between visible and hide. To toggle all categories from visible/hide state, click the  icon located in the column heading.  Hidden category

information will remain available for export.

Category and takeoff information is saved as a markup layer to the current file and can be reviewed as any other markup file.